RMA 027 (P237919)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 027 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237919 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa08 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | If the moon's horns at [its] appearance [are ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | (4) (Break) |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | [...]... horns [...] ... [......] ... [...]. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77– | "To be poin[ted" means to be ador]ned, said of hor[ns]. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | If the horns are very dark: disbanding of the fortified outposts, retiring of the guards; there will be reconciliation and peace in the land. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | Gi means "to be dark," gi means "to be stable." — It stands in a stable position. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | From Ašaredu the older. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 30 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃ | |
| 2 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-[šu₂] SI-[MEŠ-šu₂ x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x]-da | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x] GUB SI-[x]+⸢x⸣-da | |
| 7 | e-⸢de⸣-[du [ṣa-pa]-ru ša₂ qar-[ni] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 SI-MEŠ-šu₂ tur-ru-ka | |
| 2 | DU₈ URU bi-ra-a-ti | |
| 3 | a-rad EN.NUN-MEŠ taš-mu-u₂ | |
| 4 | u sa-li-mu ina KUR GAL₂-ši | |
| 5 | GI ta-ra-ku GI ka-a-nu | |
| 6 | man-za-za ki-i-ni GUB-az-ma | |
| 7 | ša₂ {1}a-ša₂-ri-du IGI-⸢u₂⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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